N. IRELAND: BELFAST: POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS IN SANDY ROW
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Troops and police have clashed with loyalist protesters in north Belfast as the standoff in Drumcree continues to heighten tension in the province.
Police opened fire with plastic bullets late on Sunday after they were attacked by petrol bombing youths on the edge of Belfast city centre.
Protestant Orange Order marchers had earlier been prevented from completing their traditional parade that would have taken them through a deeply hostile Catholic area.
The tension boiled over in Belfast on Sunday night with police opening fire with plastic bullets as youths hurled petrol bombs at them in the loyalist Sandy Row area.
In the worst disturbances yet, cars were hijacked and set on fire and blazing debris spread across Sandy Row as disturbances intensified.
The youths spilled over into the next street but were forced back by riot police as they exchanged plastic bullets for petrol bombs, stones and bottles.
Half a mile away in the Ormeau Road, four petrol bombs were thrown at a police patrol.
There were reports of cars being hijacked and burned in several loyalist areas of Belfast.
The clashes come as a stand-off continues between members of the loyalist Orange Order and Northern Ireland security forces, following Sunday's controversial Drumcree March.
Protestants marching in the annual parade have been prevented from moving into a Catholic area.
They're staging a sit-in until they win what they see as their right to march freely.
Every year, members of the group defy their Catholic neighbours and march through the streets of Portadown, via the Catholic Garvaghy Road, in a traditional parade celebrating their British identity.
For the past two years, the Drumcree March has sparked riots across Northern Ireland.
In a bid to sidestep any violence, a special commission banned the Orangemen from entering the Catholic area of town.
Apart from the beat of a drum, the Sunday's parade was silent as it passed the top of the Garvaghy Road on its way to Drumcree church.
About two dozen police officers stood between the marchers and Catholic protesters who had gathered there.
After a church service, the marchers continued up the road but found, as they had been warned, that the way was blocked.
They warned that serious consequences could result from the blockade.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
It sickens - I don't see any need for this at all. After what happened last year I thought the government would have learnt from experience that this would make the trouble worse. If they took the other decision there would be trouble, if they take this one there will be a lot more trouble, more widespread. Not that you'd want it, but it speaks for itself.
SUPER CAPTION: Orangeman
After a church service, some 15-hundred members of Northern Ireland's main Protestant fraternal order marched up to the barricades.
With 2-thousand police and troops on duty in the Portadown area and the massive security operation in place, there was no way they could their way through the security cordon.
Residents of Garvaghy road are concerned at what may happen in the coming hours.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
There's a lot of fear within the community - we were in this situation two years ago. We don't know what is going to develop in the next 24, 48 hours. Certainly at this late stage we would appeal to the Orange Order to see sense, to abide by the restrictions imposed upon them by the Parades Commission.
SUPER CAPTION: Breandan MacCionnaith, Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition spokesman
Some one-thousand Protestants remained encamped on Monday morning around Drumcree Parish Church.
Security forces are maintaining a heavy presence in the community to prevent clashes between the marchers and local Catholics.
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Republican Action Force bomb UDA pub on Sandy Row in West Belfast 30 March 1974
The Republican Action Force was a group that existed in the mid 1970's and carried out attacks in Belfast & South Armagh against Protestant owned business, this one just happened to be a UDA pub. 2 Protestant civilians were killed in the blast & 18 injured.
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Sandy Row - Check Out the Famous Belfast Street
Sandy Row is situated in south Belfast, beginning at the edge of the city centre, close to the Europa Hotel. The road runs south from the Boyne Bridge (formerly the Saltwater Bridge) over the old Dublin railway line beside Great Victoria Street station, then crosses the Donegall Road and ends at the bottom of the Lisburn Road. At the north end of the road was the famous Murray's tobacco factory, which was first opened in 1810, while at the other is a large Orange hall.
Sandy Row Belfast was known as Carr's Row and is one of the oldest residential areas in Belfast. It would be seen as a loyalist or unionist area and would have a history of links to the UDA - Ulster Defense Association. Today there is an impressive mural to King Billy or William of Orange, who is famous for his victory at the Battle of Boyne.
Sandy Row would be well visited by tourists today on a walking tour of Belfast to see the murals or memorials of The Troubles. There is also a large bonfire just off the street every 12th July.
In every city one gets to visit, there is always what makes it special and differentiates it from all the others. When it comes to Belfast and visiting it, there are different things and places which one could check and Sandy Row is one of them where tourists could go and have a walk.
The History of this area of street goes back to when it was known or referred to as Carr's Row which is one of the oldest residential areas of Belfast. The name of this area of street - Sandy Row - was actually derived from the Sandbank which abutted the road that followed the high-water mark that resulted from the flow off the tidal waters of the Lagan River estuary.
The growth of this street or area started back when the linen industry started to expand in Rowland Street then the whole thing moved further in the 19th century when Sandy Row became a bustling shopping district and which reached 127 shops and merchants by the 20th century, which were all situated in that same street.
There is a long history behind this street and since we were mentioning the shopping that took part in it, it is important to mention that it kept attracting people and visitors until the outbreak of The Troubles in the late 1960's. A lot changed about this street and area since that time because much of the terraced houses standing back from that time were removed and replaced with new buildings.
Sandy Row Street in Belfast is traditionally protestant, close-knit loyalist community, that has always been noted for its elaborate Orange Order parades on the twelfth of July, with over 40 Arches erected in its streets and a marching bands of teenage girls known as Sandy Row Girls' Band.
Whether it is for knowing more about those protests and other historical information known about this street or else getting to know more about those famous and well known figures who were born in this street, it is important to make a plan and go to visit this street and have a walk through it to get to know more and experience the place as a whole. Visiting this place these days is still different, with the statues, the drawings, and the graffiti that you might find on the walls of the buildings will all make the whole experience different and give you the chance to know more about this street and the district as a whole.
Since this street is considered close to the centre of the city, there are still other things which one could visit in Belfast, such as the Stormont Estate which is one of the famous buildings to be found in the city and which also carry its history ( the SS Nomadic which is considered the sister of Titanic ( Ulster Museum in Belfast ( Belfast City Hall ( as well as Belfast Castle (
There are lots of different places to be visited in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and lots of information that come back from history which tourists and visitors could be informed with, one just has to go to the places which carry this kind of information, such as going to Sandy Row in Belfast and getting to know more about it all.
Have you ever been to Sandy Row in Belfast before? What got your attention the most in this place? If you are visiting Belfast anytime soon then putting this street on your list of places to go to is a must, you will experience a totally different thing and get a lot more of information.
This was a 360 degree video experience to help you all out there feel that you are visiting the place in real and give you the chance and permission to see what this famous street has to offer you and also check the artwork and drawings found on the walls of the streets there.
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Loyalist Parade On Sandy Row
Loyalist Parade on Sandy Row
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N. IRELAND: POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS IN NORTH BELFAST
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Troops and police clashed with loyalist protestors in North Belfast late on Sunday, as the standoff in Drumcree continues to heighten tension in the province.
Police opened fire with plastic bullets after they were attacked by petrol bombing youths on the edge of Belfast city centre.
Protestant Orange Order marchers had earlier been prevented from completing their traditional parade that would have taken them through a deeply hostile Catholic area.
The tension boiled over in Belfast on Sunday night with police opening fire with plastic bullets as youths hurled petrol bombs at them in the loyalist Sandy Row area.
In the worst disturbances yet, cars were hijacked and set on fire and blazing debris spread across Sandy Row as disturbances intensified.
The youths spilled over into Great Victoria Street but were forced back by riot police as they exchanged plastic bullets for petrol bombs, stones and bottles.
Half a mile away in the Ormeau Road, four petrol bombs were thrown at a police patrol.
There were reports of cars being hijacked and burned in several loyalist areas of Belfast.
The clashes come as a stand-off continues between members of the loyalist Orange Order and Northern Ireland security forces, following Sunday's controversial Dumcree March.
Protestants marching in the annual parade have been prevented from moving into a Catholic area.
They're staging a sit-in until they win what they see as their right to march freely.
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11th July 2017 Sandy Row Loyalist Bonfire
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Northern Ireland Peace Parade | IRA Parade | Belfast - drawing the line | This Week | 1976
A peace parade erupts into violence.
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UK: Eleventh night bonfires and disturbances in Belfast
Loyalists at the traditional Eleventh Night bonfire in Belfast's Sandy Row burnt Irish and European Union flags on Wednesday night.
Police reported a number of burnt out cars in the area, including in Dundonald where this footage was taken.
Authorities are on red alert, after Belfast City Council sought to reduce the height of a bonfire in East Belfast which it said posed a serious threat to surrounding homes. The Polive Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) also warned that the East Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) intend to orchestrate serious disorder.
Bonfires are traditionally lit in many loyalist areas of Northern Ireland on the eve of 12th July.
The occasion marks the victory of protestant William of Orange over catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
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